Cigar with reinforced head



June 15, 1965 A.R.BROTHERS CIGAR WITH REINFORCED HEAD Filed Jan. 29, 1963 INVENTOR. #85 E. Beams/es ATTORNEY I smoked, thus breaking down the cigar structure.

United States Patent 3,189,032 I CIGAR WITH REINFGRQED HEAD Abe it. Brothcrs,9ii .lefierson Ave, Brooklyn, NE. Filed Jail. 29, 1963, Ser. No. 255,723

10 Claims. (Cl. 131-11) This invention relates to a cigar construction wherein the mouth end of the cigar is provided with 21 flexible reinforcement for reasons hereinafter stated. 7

Cigar users are of many different types. Some hold a cigar, while smoking thesame, between the lips, so that the mouth end of the cigar retains its shape and, in slightly dampened condition, its original characteristics. Other persons, known as wet smokers, tend to introduce saliva into the end of the mouth end of the cigar which tends to loosen the binder and wrapper thereof with the result that tobacco particles are discharged into the mouth. Other smokers chew the end of a cigar while it is going ome smokers from time to time mayv even cut away the chewed end and, through further smoking of the cigar, repeat the chewing process, while others have both the chewing and Wet habits.

The object of the present invention is to so construct the auouth end of a cigar that it will solve the problems of the WEI and/or chewing smoker by maintaining under may be incorporated therein during either hand or ma chine m-anufactureof the cigar, as hereinafter more fully described.

.Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and appended claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention,

FIG. 1 is a plan view, showing a cigar binder resting upon a flat surface with a reinforcing strip adhered to the under side of that end portion of the binder which is to constitute the mouth end of the ci ar and resting on the upper face of the binder, there is shown a quantity of that I tobacco filler which is to be incorporated in the cigar.

FIG. 2 shows the binder rolled to enclose the filler and with the reinforcing strip rolled, overlapped and adhered to itself.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of FIG. 2 after it has been manipulated into conventional cigar shape.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the left hand end of the cigar of FIG. 3 showing the crimps or folds which have been formed in the mouth end of the cigar during the shaping thereof.

FIG. 5 is a greatly enlarged fragmental section on the line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

In carrying out this invention, I employ a reinforcing strip 1, suitable lengths of which are cut from a roll of material, such, for example, as paper, natural tobacco leaf,

synthetic tobacco, homogenized tobacco, a natural or synthetic fabric or a wide variety of other materials according to the desire of the manufacturer. The roll strip material is provided on its reverse or outer surface, indicated at y in FIG. 5, with a coating of co-adhesi-ve material, such as heat or cold sealing material, water sealing material, or the like. This co-adhesive may be applied as an overall application or may b-e-in the form of stripes or bands extending in one or more directions. When the co-adhesive is applied broadcast over the strip material,

3,189,h32 Fatented June 15, 1955 face of the strip of material, there is the tendency of that material. to curl. This, in some instances, may interfere w th its use in cigar making machines. To overcome this tendency, the obverse or inner side x of the stripis preferably coated with a water-soluble material to obviate this undesirable curling. The strip employed may be of any desired color, preferably corresponding to the color of tobacco.

In the utilization of this strip mater-ialin the manufacture of a cigar, an appropriate strip 1 of such material is cut from the rolled stock and this strip is provided on its obverse face x with adhesive which may be in the form of adhesive spot applications at 2 and 4 in FIG. 1. The. adhesive spot 2 is utilized to secure the strip 1 to either the upper or lower face of the usual binder 3. As shown in the drawing, the strip is so positioned with respect to the binder that a portion of the length thereof extends beyond the left hand edge of the binder. It may be placed at the upper edge 3a of the binder or it may extend slightly beyond this edge or spaced a short distance from this edge as shown in FIG. 1 of the drawing without departing from this invention. The alternative positions of the strip 1 above mentioned can be visualized by assuming the upper edge of the binder 3 to terminate at the dotdash lines 3b or 3:: respectively, in which event the upper ends 5a of the filler tobacco would terminate insubstantial alinement therewith at 512 or 5c respectively. In any. event the adhesive 4 should be on the extendingend of the binder. During these operations, the parts may rest upon .a flat surface S which, for a machine made cigar,

may be the perforated roller belt or apron of a conventional cigar making machine. 1

Upon the binder is placed a leaf tobacco filler 5 in the quantity required to make the cigar. The binder is then rolled by hand or machine until the binder has been entirely wound upon itself so as to enclose the leaf filler 5. The winding is continued beyond this point until the projecting end of the reinforcing strip 1 either overlaps or abuts the opposite end portion of that strip and is adhered by the adhesive 4 to the latter portion or to the binder.

When the method has been thus far advanced, the cigar at this stage will appear as shown in FIG. 2, where it is illustrated as substantially cylindrical in shape. The cylindrical structure of FIG. 2 must then be manipulated into the conventional cigar shape of FIG. 3; This may be accomplished by the crimper or shaper of a conventional cigar making machine or it may be done by hand through the use of molds into which the cylindrical structure is positioned and thereafter pressed into shape.

The function of the co-ad'hesive outer surface of the strip 1 is apparent from FIG. 5 for, when a cigar is shaped, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the strip 1, as well as the underlying portion of the binder 3, are forced into a succession of circumferentially spaced crimps or folds and, as this takes place, those portions of the strip which abut one another'within the folds are caused to firmly adhere to one another by said co-adhesive, thus producing a riblike reinforcement which extends longitudinally of the cigar and is repetitive throughout the circumference of the mouth end of the latter. These reinforcing portions appear in FIG. 5 as strengthening ribs 6, permanently held in this condition by the co-adhesive at the enclosed surfaces 7 of said ribs. It will of course be understood that, if the adhesive used in this connection is of a heat sealing type, the mouth end of the cigar, after being shaped as shown in FIG. 3,is subjected to suflicient heat to effect such heat sealing at the surfaces within the folds.

At the conclusion of the steps of the method hereinbefore described, the cigar is supplied with any usual and conventional leaf wrapper which has been indicated generally by the reference character 8 in FIG. 5. Thereafter, the resulting end product may be trimmed at its opposite ends and, if desired, the mouth end of the cigar may be axially perforated for the passage of smoke, as is the practice in the manufacture of some cigars.

A cigar made in accordance with this invention has a mouth end embodying substantial reinforcement which will preclude the disintegration of that end of the cigar during smoking and will withstand chewing tendencies on the part of the smoker. This structure is such that it may be manufactured in conventional cigar making machinery. The structure is simple and the incorporation of the invention into cigar manufacture will not materially add to the cost of the end product.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms, but the invention is to be understood as fully commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cigar comprising a filler enclosed within a binder, and a reinforcing strip embracing the binder and filler at the mouth end of the cigar, said strip being crimped at circumferentially spaced portions of the cigar to provide a succession of tight folds forming reinforcing ribs extending longitudinally of the cigar, and surface portions of said strip within each of said folds being adhesively secured together.

-2. A cigar comprising a filler enclosed within a binder, and a reinforcing strip embracing the binder and filler at the month end of the cigar, said strip and the underlying portion of the binder being crimped at circumferentially spaced portions of the cigar to provide a succession of tight folds forming reinforcing ribs extending longitudinally of the cigar, and surface portions of said strip within each of said folds being .adhesively secured together.

3. -A cigar according to claim 1, wherein the cigar is provided with a wrapper covering its entire length and overlying and concealing the reinforcing ribs.

4. A cigar according to claim 2, wherein the cigar is provided with .a wrapper covering its entire length and overlying and concealing the reinforcing ribs.

5. A cigar according to claim 1, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip substantially coincides with the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

6. A cigar according to claim 2, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip substantially coincides with the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

7. A cigar according to claim 1, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip extends beyond the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

8. A cigar according to claim 2, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip extends beyond the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

9. A cigar according to claim 1, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip is spaced from the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

10. A cigar according to claim 2, wherein one edge of the reinforcing strip is spaced from the binder edge forming the mouth end of the cigar.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 451,178 4/91 Martin 13129 561,907 6/96 Moonelis 13l11 X 1,124,053 1/15 Metcalf et a1. 13189 1,226,074 5/17 Horwitz 13l-11 X 2,224,588 12/40 Bluhm 131--11 2,795,228 6/57 Gallagher 13189 2,914,071 11/59 Straus 13111 3,03 6,579 5/62 Godfrey 131-95 X 3,067,753 12/62 Kaufmann 131-11 FOREIGN PATENTS 6,690 6/ 04 Denmark. 871,504 l/42 France.

18,608 1890 Great Britain. 514,664 11/39 Great Britain.

SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner. 

1. A CIGAR COMPRISING A FILLER ENCLOSED WITHIN A BINDER, AND A REINFORCING STRIP EMBRACING THE BINDER AND FILLER AT THE MOUTH END OF THE CIGAR, SAID STRIP BEING CRIMPED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED PORTIONS OF THE CIGAR TO PROVIDE A SUCCESSION OF TIGHT FOLDS FORMING REINFORCING RIBS EX- 